sundóma
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Sundóma is the Quenya name of the central radical vowel in a sundo, an etymological root.
In the process of a language, the sundóma took part in the following phenomena:
- Intensification
- prefixing to a sundo its sundóma, usually together with its lengthening either in the first or in the last position.
- A infixion
- adding an a before the sundóma I creating an ohlon (diphthong):
- I/Y infixion
- putting an i/y after the sundóma creating an ohlon (less frequently occurred than the previous one):
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The word sundóma means "root-vowel",[1] from sundo "root" and óma "voice".[2]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), p. 105
- ↑ Helge Fauskanger, "Quettaparma Quenyallo", Ardalambion (accessed 29 March 2024)